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CORONAVIRUS
Lockdown in Queensland following student to teacher
transmission
ABC News, 31 Jul
2021
 Eleven local government
areas in Queensland are being placed into a three-day hard
lockdown from today, with two schools being at the centre of
the latest coronavirus outbreak after a student passed the
Delta strain to a teacher.
Stay-at-home order for 11,000 Tasmanians:
an update on Tasmanian school students who have been in
Queensland will be announced tomorrow (Sunday) -
The Mercury website, 31 Jul 2021. See also
COVID update (DHHS).
Tas Govt
Travel Alert page
UPDATE Mon 2 Aug 2021:
Qld lockdown extended to 4.00pm Sun 8 Aug 2021.
(ABC News.)
DOOMSDAY PLANNING
Survive Doomsday in Tasmania
ABC News, 30 Jul
2021
Tasmania is one of the top five best places
in the world to live if society collapses, a British study
claims.
CORONAVIRUS
Big jump in COVID cases
ABC News, 29 Jul
2021
 The daily number of
coronavirus cases in NSW jumped from 177 to 239 today.
UPDATE 30 Jul 2021: Friday's number of cases
dropped to 170.
UPDATE 31 Jul 2021: Saturday's number of
locally-acquired cases rose to 210, two-thirds of whom are
UNDER 40 years of age.
SPORT
Ariarne wins her
second gold
ABC News, 28 Jul
2021
 Ariarne Titmus has won gold
in the 200 metres at Tokyo, with a new Olympic record and
easily defeating Katie Ledecky who was well down in the
placings.
CORONAVIRUS
Four-week
lockdown
ABC News, 28 Jul
2021
The Greater
Sydney area's coronavirus lockdown is to be extended by four
weeks.
However, YEAR 12 STUDENTS
are to return to face-to-face teaching in two weeks, and
they will be offered the Pfizer vaccine which is being
redirected from rural NSW for them.
AIR TRANSPORT
Cable car
rejected
ABC News, 27 Jul
2021
The Hobart City Council has rejected the application to
build a cable car on kunanyi/Mt Wellington.
SPORT
Ariarne
Titmus wins her 400m gold
ABC News, 26 Jul
2021
Tasmania's Ariarne Titmus
has defeated Katie Ledecky to win the 400 metres women's
freestyle race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
CORONAVIRUS
Back to school for SA travellers
DoE Alerts page, 25 Jul
2021
 Staff
and students who had returned from South Australia on or
since 8 July are allowed to join returning visitors to
Victoria and return to school tomorrow (Monday), if they are
not required to quarantine and are not awaiting a COVID test
or test result.
See the
DoE Alerts page
CORONAVIRUS
Back to school for returning travellers
DoE Alerts page, 23 Jul
2021,
updated 5.15pm
Staff
and students staying at home because they had travelled to
Victoria are now allowed to return to school on
Monday, 26 July, no mask necessary.
See the
DoE Alerts page for information for staff and students
who have returned from South Australia (and
check later for any updates).
STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Sanitary progress
Tas Govt media release,
23 Jul 2021
 Following a letter
from two students at Exeter High School, the state
government will make pads and tampons available free in
Tasmanian government schools, education minister Sarah
Courtney announced today.
CORONAVIRUS
Pfizer approved for 12-15 year-olds
Aust Govt media release,
23 Jul 2021
 The TGA (Therapeutic Goods
Administration) has approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine
for 12-15 year-old children in Australia. Please wait
quietly at the back of the queue (although presumably these
young people would rank ahead of older people for whom
AstraZeneca is the recommended vaccine but who have a
preference for Pfizer).
SPORT
Submerged swimming best
The Conversation (opinion
by Anthony Blazevich), 23 Jul 2021
The most successful swimmers in the
Tokyo Olympic Games will be those who spend a greater
proportion of the time swimming underwater during their
race, a professor of biomechanics says
CORONAVIRUS
Sydney focus of national emergency
ABC News, 23 Jul 2021
South-west and
western Sydney's coronavirus outbreak is now a national
emergency requiring a massive step-up in vaccinations, NSW
authorities say.
CORONAVIRUS
Making masks work in the classroom
The Conversation (opinion
by David Roy and Jill Duncan), 21 Jul 2021
 Two academics provide tips
for teachers who as well as their students need to wear
masks in the classroom.
CORONAVIRUS
Tas man dies after AZ vaccine
The Examiner, 22 Jul 2021 and
The Mercury, 21 Jul 2021
A Tasmanian man in
his 40s has died with thrombosis after receiving the
AstraZeneca vaccine. He is the sixth Australian to die after
having the first dose of the vaccine.
OLYMPIC GAMES
Australia wins 2032 Olympic Games
ABC News, 21 Jul 2021
 Host-city applicant
Brisbane has succeeded in securing the 2032 Olympic Games
for Australia.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
New mayors
The Mercury, 21 Jul 2021
Current acting mayor Bec
Thomas has beaten Sue Hickey to become Glenorchy's new
mayor.
Paula Wriedt has beaten Clare
Glade-Wright to become Kingborough's mayor.
Shane Pitt has defeated Phillip Evans to become
the West Coast council's new mayor.
CORONAVIRUS
Restrictions imposed on Vic, NSW and SA travellers
now in Tasmania
ABC News, 20 Jul 2021 and
The Mercury, 21 Jul 2021
Students and staff
now in Tasmania who have been to South Australia or Victoria
since Thursday 8 July have to remain away from school until
at least this Friday, 23 July (ie, away all week), when a
decision will be made on when they can return to school.
An earlier report included NSW among the states - so check
government websites for whether or not NSW is still
included.
Tasmanians returning from South Australia and
Victoria (DoE, 20 Jul 2021)
South Australia declared high-risk, Tas
Govt media release, 21 Jul 2021
Important Community Updates, Tas Govt
CORONAVIRUS
SA third lockdown state
ABC News, 20 Jul 2021
 South Australia has joined
Victoria and NSW in going into COVID lockdown.
CORONAVIRUS AND SCHOOLS
Mystery update coming for Vic travellers in Tasmania
Tas Govt media release,
19 Jul 2021
Mask-wearing
Tasmanian students and teachers who
are currently due to return to school on Thursday because
they had been in Victoria recently will receive an "update"
on the situation on Tuesday or Wednesday, education Sarah
Courtney says.
UPDATE 20 Jul 2021: Stay-away extended:
The Victorian travellers, as well as SA and NSW travellers
now in Tasmania, have to stay away from school until AT
LEAST Friday - see latest story 22 Jul 2021 .
CORONAVIRUS
Longer lockdown for Victoria
ABC News,
19 Jul 2021
 Victoria will extend its
lockdown beyond tomorrow (Tuesday), until a date that will
likely be announced tomorrow.
UPDATE 20 Jul 2021:
Lockdown extended for 7 days
CORONAVIRUS AND SCHOOLS
Mask
wearers' return delayed
Tas Govt media release,
18 Jul 2021
Students and teachers who
had previously been told to wear masks because they had
returned to Tasmania from a Victorian trip are now required
to stay home from school and return on Thursday 22 July.
CURRICULUM AND
LITERACY
Greater performing arts focus needed
ABC News, 17 Jul 2021
 Prize-winning
Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey is pressing for increased
focus on the performing arts as a means of improving
students' literacy skills.
STUDENT SUPPORT
More support staff for CFCs
Tas Govt media release,
15 Jul 2021
Recruitment has begun
for more Child and Family Centre school psychologists,
social workers and speech and language pathologists,
education minister Sarah Courtney says.
Additional staffing doesn't go far enough,
Josh Willie, Opposition education spokesperson, 15 Jul 2021
TASMANIAN POLITICS
New Labor shadow ministry announced
TasLabor website, 13 Jul 2021
 New Opposition leader
Rebecca White has announced her shadow ministry.
Josh Willie is
responsible for education and early years, TAFE, university,
and skills and training.
STDENT ATTENDANCE
Year 11 and 12 attendance too low
TasLabor website, 12 Jul 2021
 The majority of Year 11 and
12 schools have an attendance rate for those years of only
between 60 and 70 per cent, Opposition education
spokesperson Josh Willie says.
An ad campaign not an appropriate response to low
attendance rates, Josh WIlley, 16 Jul
2021
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
Violence rates and suspensions too high
TasLabor website, 11 Jul 2021
 The level of
physical assaults against students and staff in Tasmanian
schools is unacceptably high, Opposition education
spokesperson Josh Willie says.
CORONAVIRUS
Precautionary check for Tasmanians
ABC News, 10 Jul 2021
Tasmanians have been
asked to check whether they have been in
certain locations at the same time as two people who
tested positive for COVID-19 two days after leaving the
state.
The locations currently include:
Cradoc
Glaziers Bay
Invermay
King Meadows
Launceston
Maydena
Mowbray
New Norfolk
Strathgordon
See
Public
exposure sites (DHHS) for the latest details.
CORONAVIRUS
COVID crisis looms in NSW
ABC News, 9 Jul 2021
Friday's number of
coronavirus cases in NSW has jumped to 44, of which a
concerning 29 had been in the community while infectious.
The total number of close contacts has staggeringly doubled
to 14,000.
UPDATE 11 Jul 2021:
Sunday's figures have jumped to 77 new cases and one
death.
UPDATE 10 Jul 2021:
Saturday's number has jumped to 50 new cases.
CORONAVIRUS AND SCHOOLS
Delta and kids
The Conversation
(opinion), 8 Jul 2021
 There is a range of
ways schools can respond to the new COVID-19 Delta variant,
four medical experts suggest. .
CORONAVIRUS
Unwelcome jump in COVID numbers
ABC News, 8 Jul 2021
The number of new
local coronavirus cases in NSW has jumped to a 14-month high
of 38 from yesterday's 26.
UPDATE 9 Jul 2021:
Friday's number has jumped to 44, of which a concerning 29
had been in the community while infectious.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Financial literacy's incredible decline
The Conversation
(opinion by Emily Ross and Margaret Marshman), 7 Jul 2021
 Financial literacy content
was already weak in the Australian Curriculum but it has
been watered down further in the draft of the revised
Australian Curriculum, two academics say .
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Rebecca's back
ABC News, 7 Jul 2021
Rebecca White will return
to her previous position as Tasmanian Labor leader and
Leader of the Opposition when she returns from maternity
leave on 16 August.
STUDENT LEARNING
PB goals boost learning
The Conversation
(opinion), 5 Jul 2021
 Encouraging students to
exceed their own personal best results, as distinct from
aiming to beat other students, is effective in improving the
performance of disadvantaged students in particular,
research shows.
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